Newnans Lake Timber Sale

The Governing Board of the St. Johns River Water Management District is requesting  bids for a per ton timber sale comprised of approximately 135.8 acres within the Newnans Lake Conservation Area, located in Alachua County, east of Gainesville. The Sale Area is in Section 15; Township 9 South; Range 21 East. Sale boundaries include roads, firebreaks, and obvious change in timber type. (Maps are included in the attached agreement.) This timber sale includes both marked timber and logger-select thinning. The marked area consists of 36.5 acres of mature longleaf pine, with harvest trees identified by blue paint at eye level. The logger select thinning area consists of 99.3 acres of planted longleaf pine established in 2007.  The thinning prescription requires removal of every third row for access, followed by selective thinning within the leave rows to achieve an average target of 150 - 200 trees per acre. Within the leave rows diseased, defective, and suppressed trees shall be harvested first, followed by a portion of the intermediate and co-dominant trees to reach the desired density. Dominant trees shall not be harvested from leave rows. The District estimates the timber volume conveyed in this Agreement to be 3,000 tons of pine pulpwood and better; however, there is no guarantee the volume is present.